DIY Baby Toys – Sensory Pat Bags
In my February Bucket List I mentioned about making some DIY Baby Toys – Sensory Pat Bags for Kipper. These are so easy anyone can make them, even me! I can not claim credit for this idea though its something the lovely lady that use to run our Baby Sensory Class suggested making. Since we […]
MoreBaby’s First Sensory Tubes & Discovery Bottles
Baby’s First Sensory Tubes and Discovery Bottles. If you are a regular reader then you will know that I am a fan of sensory play and discovery bottles, I even have a Pinterest board dedicated to them. [Link at the bottom of this post]. I use to make my own for Monkey all the time […]
More10 play ideas for your 4 month old
I can not believe that this week Kipper turns five months! He’s coming on leap and bounds and as his routine is starting to settle down . This has given us the opportunity to enjoy some play time recently. These are some of the things which we have been getting up to. Peg Box – Really simple idea […]
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Playtime with your 2 month old
I can not believe where the time is going, you can read all about Kipper’s two month update here! Since his sleeping schedule is becoming more predictable during the day, I have started to introduce play sessions. I do mean play in the very looses sense of the word but he seems to enjoy it. […]
MorePracticing Dexterity with Giant Water Beads
As many of my readers know we are a little water bead mad in our house! Feeling a little guilty for not having prepared many sensory or play activities recently (I have a good excuse honest!) I googled Giant Water Beads and found some on eBay. I wasn’t really planning on writing a post on them […]
MoreCircus Small World Play for Preschoolers
I realised recently that I hadn’t set up a tuff spot small world play activity for Monkey for sometime so decided to set one up with a circus theme. I am a big fan of small world play and the more sensory materials that can be squeezed into them the better! As ever I have […]
MoreDIY Rainbow Sensory Bottles
I have been putting together various versions of these for sometime now, they use to appear in Monkeys Treasure Basket. I have also heard them referred to as time out bottles, although I must admit we haven’t used them as such …. Yet! More recently they have been used in kitchen role play and with […]
MoreFroggy Light Box Sensory Play
Welcome to my little light table small world sensory play activity, as you can tell I’ve had some trouble naming it. To actually set this up take less than 5 minutes, although there is some prep required before hand. First the lily pads – I used pressed nasturtium leaves which we picked and squashed (pressed) […]
MorePlaying with Moon Dough
Monkey was given a set of Moon Dough for Christmas and I am a little embarrassed to say that we only got around to experimenting with it at the weekend. If I am honest I had reservations, I am not a lover of synthetic sensory play preferring the real option. We have made cloud dough […]
MoreHearts & Brushes Treasure Baskets – Heuristic Play
This is my last post in the series which I have been running on Monkey’s treasure baskets. Many of these I initially complied for him when he was six months old. Treasure baskets are linked very much to Heuristic Play. This theory focuses on natural materials and allowing the child to explore the characteristics of the objects […]
MoreTextile Treasure Basket – Heuristic Play
This is the fourth in my series about Treasure Baskets, believe me when you get the bug with a little one collecting suitable items can become an obsession… I will be looking to update this collection shortly for Monkey as I want to use the different textured materials to expand his vocabulary…and mine!! Thats why […]
MoreEaster Sensory Small World Play
I’ve been looking for a reason to get the blue tray out again for a little while, having quite a few small polystyrene decoration eggs left from making my Easter Wreath gave me just the excuse. I wanted to keep the mess very low, as I have already given myself lots to prepare on the […]
MoreDIY Sensory Stacking Rings
I love making DIY toys for Monkey, I’m working on a pizza set at the moment as he’s just getting in to role play. It’s taking quite a bit longer than I thought it would!! In the meantime I want to share something I put together when he was around 6 months old. I was […]
MoreDIY Sensory Smelling Game
Make your own Sensory Smelling Game, with Sensory Smelling Jars. I really enjoy it when an initial idea that I have becomes something more in the eyes of Monkey, and this time his little friend as well. I’ve been wanting to do something that focuses on the sense of smell for a while, ever since […]
MoreWooden Treasure Basket – Heuristic Play
This my third post focusing on Monkey’s treasure basket, for this one I have grouped together the wooden materials. Heuristic play theory focuses very much on natural materials and allowing the child to explore the characteristics of the objects by smell, taste and touch. You can see the first post on his metal treasure basket here and the second […]
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Metal Treasure Basket – Heuristic Play
A very good friend of mine, one of my NCT mummies via her Mother in Law passed us all a list of items for a Treasure Basket. The babies were about six months old at the time and from that point on I was hooked. Searching the house high and low for items for Monkey’s […]
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